Airlines Take Legal Action Against Travel Sites for Money-Saving Tricks

American Airlines has filed a lawsuit against travel website Skiplagged, accusing it of deception and threatening to cancel all tickets sold by the site. Skiplagged offers tickets that allow travelers to save money by exploiting a quirk in airline pricing known as skiplagging or hidden-city ticketing, where passengers book a flight with a layover but leave the plane during the layover. American Airlines claims that this practice violates their policies and accuses Skiplagged of tricking consumers into thinking they have found a secret loophole. Skiplagged has previously been sued by United Airlines and Orbitz but settled with Orbitz and had the United lawsuit dismissed.